Excerpt from Historical Presentation of Augustinism and Pelagianism From the Original Sources Whoever, then, shall kindly and dispassionately afford some real aid in fixing the just import of names employed in waging holy or unholy warfare, and thus shall aid those, whose business it may be, more justly to assign the names - and others to appreciate them may well hope to be regarded as a son of peace, however humble his labor. And here it may just he remarked, that Often it is as important to ascertain the genuine import of a good as of a bad name - the nature of a shield, as of a spear. For the last score of years, the terms Pelagian and Pelagianism have been very freely used. Opposite terms have also been assum ed Or applied with perhaps equal frequency. But with how much justness, in either case, it would here be premature to inquire. We. Must first ascertain the true import of such names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.